cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoThat clears things uplemmy.mlimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up166
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minus-squareJayleneSlide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoExcept… that it doesn’t. Serious question: am I OOTL on a joke? Edit: I totally missed that it was an approximately sign. Derp.
minus-squarered_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s 8.0000000729, which approximates to 8. Why do you think it doesn’t?
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoProbably didn’t notice it doesn’t say “equals”. It’s easy to overlook the wavy part.
minus-squareJayleneSlide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOh, yup! I totally missed the approximately sign.
minus-squareAzteh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDo you work in a field where 7*10-8 differences matter? Cause most fields I know don’t mind an error margin that small (granted I don’t know a lot)
987654321 / 123456789 ≃ 8
Except… that it doesn’t. Serious question: am I OOTL on a joke?
Edit: I totally missed that it was an approximately sign. Derp.
It’s 8.0000000729, which approximates to 8. Why do you think it doesn’t?
Probably didn’t notice it doesn’t say “equals”. It’s easy to overlook the wavy part.
Oh, yup! I totally missed the approximately sign.
Do you work in a field where 7*10-8 differences matter? Cause most fields I know don’t mind an error margin that small (granted I don’t know a lot)